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...(FT) Dockwork ers v robots Dockworkers in Los Angeles are making a last stand against the automation of lucrative port jobs....
...Smart reads David v Goliath Large consumer goods companies are starting to feel the impact of their smaller, more innovative rivals....
...— And a primer on Mayweather v McGregor (Jack Slack) — China has a struggling industrial heartland of its own (Michael Schuman): There are too many unproductive, debt-laden factories that are losing...
...Bombarded Day two of the Bombardier v Boeing tariff scandal and attention has turned on the British government’s motivation to fight back against proposed US action against the Canadian company....
...AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner and Bayer’s purchase of Monsanto) that are still pending approval from the competition watchdog....
...(BBC) Video of the day Google v Apple, round 2 As Google again draws level with Apple as the world’s largest company, John Authers looks at the historic performance of companies once they have become the...
...Recently, their targets have included a growing number of Chinese companies....
...As president of V+ Development Solutions, Mr Boling heads a new corporate division charged with achieving balance between the economic, environmental and social impacts of the energy company’s activities...
...Other US companies announcing $1bn-plus buy-backs in June were CVS Caremark, Viacom and Monsanto. Companies so far in 2010 have been cautiously exercising their right to buy shares....
...Companies that fall into this category include those in Norway and Switzerland....
...This should be a real stock pickers’ market, with fund managers seeking out companies with quality, visible earnings and growth companies that can prosper within a poor economic background....
...In the west, glass-fibre-reinforced plastics, developed by Monsanto to protect radar equipment on US military aircraft, were re-worked into moulded furniture designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman...
...“V-shaped” recoveries, in which employment comes roaring back, take place only when there’s a lot of pent-up demand....
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